Herbert A. Ramsden Jr. ’57 died on May 28, 2009, in Warwick, Rhode Island.

He was born in Providence on July 10, 1935, and prepared for college at Nelson Aldrich High School. He attended Bowdoin from 1953 through 1955, a member of Alpha Rho Upsilon fraternity and a James Bowdoin Scholar. He left college to enlist in the Army as a finance specialist in 1956, and served to the rank of sergeant in the 8th Infantry Division’s 8th Administrative Company. He was a self- employed public accountant for many years and previously worked for Arthur Anderson & Co. in New York. He is survived by his mother, Margaret E. Baron Ramsden. He was predeceased by a brother, Robert A. Ramsden.